First published: Thu Apr 17 2014(Updated: )
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance (CTA) 10 through SP1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an api/login request containing an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue, as demonstrated by reading the /etc/shadow file.
Credit: security_alert@emc.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance | =10.0 | |
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance | =10.0-sp1 | |
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance Software |
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CVE-2014-0644 has a medium severity rating due to the potential for unauthorized file access.
To mitigate CVE-2014-0644, upgrade the EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance to version 10.0 SP2 or later.
CVE-2014-0644 allows remote attackers to read sensitive files, which could lead to unauthorized data access.
CVE-2014-0644 affects EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance versions 10.0 and 10.0 SP1.
While upgrading is the best solution for CVE-2014-0644, disabling XML external entity processing may serve as a temporary workaround.